PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

We have deep dives on disbursements, Main Street small- to mid-sized business (SMBs) and BarkBox reportedly combining with Northern Star Acquisitions Corp. Study: 67 Percent Of Main Street SMBs Say They’ll Do More Business Online Post-Pandemic. BarkBox To Go Public Via SPAC At $1.6 Billion Valuation. billion arrangement.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2020

The boutique shops that lined Main Street USA, which got nearly all of their business face-to-face in their stores, expected that 2020 would be another great year. In other words, this sample reflects the composition of SMBs on those Main Streets and side streets of the communities that we all call home.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Ajay Banga, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Mastercard, is adamantly against any attempts to fracture the Global Payments Systems (GPS) into national domains, Financial Times (FT) reported on Sunday (Feb. Privacy-weary consumers could return to cash if governments push in the direction of nationalization of payments, Banga warned.

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TheGuardian

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

UK Finance said fraudsters had capitalised on the coronavirus pandemic, with criminals targeting children as young as 14 via social media to become money mules.

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PYMNTS

MAY 7, 2020

And often, drilling down into business segments and management commentary provides insight into just how we as a nation are faring, depending on where you look. All eyes may be trained on Wall Street now, and Main Street too as the latest tranche of business lending gets underway.

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The Paypers

JUNE 28, 2023

Lithuania ’s main fintech representatives have just signed a Memorandum of Understanding confirming the country’s National Fintech Guidelines for 2023-2028.

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Abrigo

APRIL 28, 2016

Small Business Administration What creates two out of three net new American jobs; produces close to half of our nation’s goods and services (nonfarm private GDP); and can be found, coast to coast, in every small town, big city and rural enclave? Counseling: SBA provides free consultation and advice to help Main Street succeed.

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BankDeals

AUGUST 6, 2020

Millbury National Bank's Kasasa Cash and Kasasa Saver are available in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

But 2020 isn’t a normal year, Visa ’s Global Head of Business Solutions Kevin Phalen told Karen Webster on the eve of National Small Business Week , and restaurateurs, like every other Main Street business everywhere now brace for a holiday season without precedent. Main Street businesses have been undeniably hit hard by the pandemic.

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FICO

MARCH 15, 2021

When we launched FICO’s “Score A Better Future” program in October 2018, our main goal was to continue to expand consumer credit access through financial education. We recently announced our milestone 15th financial education event of this national program and we couldn’t be prouder of how much the program expanded in the last two years.

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Chris Skinner

APRIL 27, 2019

The main blog headlines are … Doing good for society and the planet (an Earth Day FinTech update) It was Earth Day on Monday, and a national holiday in many nations as they observed what Christians call Easter.

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Chris Skinner

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

The main blog headlines are … A Davos Day I’ve watched Davos from afar for years now and often wondered what it would be like to be there so, when I got an invite this year, I took it straight away.

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Chris Skinner

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

I was thinking about this question of how to regulate global technology platforms that don’t recognise national boundaries, mainly in the context of crypto and digital currencies. How can you regulate a global currency that has no view of state or national laws?

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

One of the most significant: the health and importance of small businesses, and in particular, the “mom and pop” shops that line the main streets and side streets of our local communities. With the 2016 presidential race in full swing, many important economic issues are being discussed. This growth is projected to increase to 4.2%

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

That special charter allows the bank, one of 40 in the nation that is both a minority depository institution and a CDFI, to receive funding from the U.S. Banks Industry Insight Main Street Focus' Treasury to help serve distressed and underserved communities and consumers. Ed Avis is a freelance writer in Illinois.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

As a nation of awake-earliers, up-very-laters, last-minute-crammers and entrepreneurs who simply never sleep at all, in this country, we like our coffee. Welcome To National (Free) Coffee Day. If you happened to have missed it, National Coffee Day was technically yesterday, Friday (Oct. National Taco day is next week (Oct.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

million) for allowing clients to violate sanctions imposed by the European Union and United Nations on North Korea. “This is an unprecedented case of political interference in the Financial and Capital Market Commission’s operations,” he said. In 2017, two Latvian banks were fined more than 2.8 million euros ($3.26

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2016

But Bulk Nation had a radical idea about fixing that problem. “We have more than 3,000 items available on our shelves,” Bulk Nation President Clay Donato noted, “and we mean it when we say customers can buy whatever they want. There is a container, and that’s what the customer buys. You can buy just a pound.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Both Uber and its main competitor in India, Ola, hold more than 70 percent of their revenue from only five cities in the whole country: Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi-National Capital Region and Kolkata.

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2018

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), India’s main investigative agency in the country, has filed charges in the Punjab National Bank fraud case against Nirav Modi, the jewelry retail owner, and his uncle Mehul Choksi, as well as senior executives at the state-run lender.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2018

India’s Punjab National Bank (PNB) is conducting an internal investigation into an alleged $2 billion fraud, vowing to come down on anyone involved in the crime. “We We are examining every aspect of it, and if we find others involved, we will not spare them,” said PNB CEO Sunil Mehta, according to Reuters.

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Chris Skinner

AUGUST 17, 2019

The main blog headlines are … Chris Skinner’s TEDx Talk I am honoured and privileged to list on my profile that I have been an advisor to the White House, World Bank, World Economic Forum and United Nations. Now I can add TEDx Speaker.

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Chris Skinner

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

This week’s main blog headlines are … Regulating the unregulated I was thinking about this question of how to regulate global technology platforms that don’t recognise national boundaries, mainly in the context of crypto and digital currencies.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Buhrmaster is president of 1st National Bank of Scotia, in Scotia, N.Y. Industry Insight On Main Street Viewpoints' Strong preventive cyberdefenses are essential, but effective information sharing is a second defense that is becoming almost as important.

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American Banker

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Camden National in Camden, Maine, is uniting its trust and bank units to form a wealth management division.

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 23, 2019

The main blog headlines are … Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank: the sick dogs of Europe #Brexit Watching the debacle of the #Brexit debate in Britain, you might think that the UK is in a national meltdown.

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Chris Skinner

JULY 20, 2019

The main blog headlines are … The UN’s SDG’s, FinTech and Banking Due to various connections, I was asked to deliver the opening keynote speech at the United Nations High Level Political Forum last week (some coverage here).

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2019

As far as made-up, non-holiday holidays go, you could probably do worse than National Burrito Day , which takes place on Thursday (April 4). And that’s what Chipotle, like many of its competitors, is betting on.

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 23, 2019

The main blog headlines are … Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank: the sick dogs of Europe #Brexit Watching the debacle of the #Brexit debate in Britain, you might think that the UK is in a national meltdown.

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MyBankTracker

OCTOBER 5, 2020

A foreign national is a person who is a U.S. As a foreign national, you can still get U.S.-based That means: If you are a foreign national and looking to purchase a life insurance policy in the U.S., As a foreign national you need to be aware that life insurance companies typically have certain restrictions on foreign travel.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2017

million storefront businesses that form the lifeblood of the U.S. economy are on a run and are seemingly gaining momentum. According to the latest findings of the PYMNTS Store Front Index , small businesses across the U.S. are continuing to build on their gains from 2016. The Index, which saw a decline in Q1 2016 when it fell from 115 points to 114.6

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

The National Restaurant Association has issued a Blueprint for Restaurant Revival to help stabilize and stimulate the industry, including funding for restaurants and at-risk communities in need of help, according to a press release.

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PopularBank

MAY 25, 2021

Popular Bank Senior Vice President and Director of National Healthcare Financing Andrew Boland joined fellow industry leaders for the Environmental Banker Association (EBA) panel discussion How COVID Changed Senior Living & Care Underwriting. However, the infusion of funds will also complicate short-term lender valuations.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 10, 2019

In a world reliant on smartphone apps, bank branches may no longer be Main Street mainstays, with red velvet ropes between brass stanchions herding customers to tellers behind wickets.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

United Nations global blockchain expert Massimo Buonomo has foreseen a future where digital currencies could replace low-interest bank accounts, Coindesk reports.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2020

billion, Reuters reported, with new offices and staffers in multiple Western European nations by the conclusion of this year. Citi overall has operations in 55 EMEA nations; however, its commercial banking unit has offices in just 15 with 21 further nations served from locations like London, Dubai and Dublin.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The work you’re doing every day puts real faces and names to the communities we’re fighting for, and it has been a privilege to be your representative at the national level. We hold the line for Main Street America, which needs us. With that in mind, I implore you to keep fighting for Main Street.

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